The room was no longer just responding.
It was beginning… to observe.
Aurelia felt it as a subtle shift.
No pressure.
No threat.
But there was… another awareness.
The entity beside Aurelia tensed slowly.
Its lines of light moved with greater caution.
As if realizing they were no longer the only ones perceiving.
The unit behind maintained the core.
But now it was more focused.
More ready.
Kael narrowed his eyes.
"It's changing again," he said softly.
"We are not the only ones watching."
Orion nodded.
"There is something else… also observing."
Ragnar exhaled.
"So we are being watched now, too."
Aurelia did not answer.
Because she felt it more clearly than words.
She stepped forward slowly.
But this time,
Her steps were not just followed by the room's reaction.
They were followed by… attention.
Aurelia narrowed her eyes.
This was not a single entity.
It was many.
And they… were not entirely the same.
"You are not one…"
She whispered softly.
